I Got Back Together with My Ex by Saying the Opposite of What I Mean

At twenty-eight, writer Chi Xu has hit a career plateau and is losing his inspiration. Meanwhile, twenty-five-year-old actor Huo Junyan is thriving at home and abroad, piling up awards.

No one would ever connect two people who seem to have nothing in common, but

Five years after they parted, they meet again. Chi Xu is standing beside someone he has only just met, a blind date.

Sensing something off, his date cautiously asks, “Do you know each other?”

Chi Xu calmly denies any connection. “We’ve just met before.”

The superstar he has “just met before” looks as if he wants to bore a hole through his face with his stare.

Their reunion ends badly, and Chi Xu is certain they’ll never cross paths again.

Then an unexpected car accident leaves him with a minor brain injury: mild diffuse axonal injury. In his case, it means that every now and then he says something different from, or even the opposite of, what he means.

What he didn’t expect was that the first person he’d see upon waking in his hospital bed would be the award-winning actor Huo Junyan, who had rushed over and left an awards ceremony behind.

Huo Junyan gives him a cool look and says sarcastically, “Why did you list me as your emergency contact? Chi Xu, don’t tell me you still have feelings for me.”

Chi Xu: “I do.”

“...?”

After that “I do,” Huo Junyan, whom Chi Xu should never have seen again, begins appearing in his life more and more often. After a twist of fate lands them on a travel variety show together as partners, things get stranger by the day.

Until Chi Xu blurts out “I like him” in front of countless cameras.

Huo Junyan immediately pulls Chi Xu aside. “...Are you serious?”

He pulls him away so quickly that Chi Xu doesn’t get a chance to see how the staff reacted, and doesn’t realize what he said. So Chi Xu blinks in confusion and answers honestly, “Of course.”

“...”

The next second, Huo Junyan wraps an arm around Chi Xu’s waist and pulls him close, holding him tightly. He buries his face in the crook of Chi Xu’s neck, his voice muffled.

“If you’re lying to me again, you’d better hope I never find out.”

After being dumped without mercy five years ago, their relationship had reached an irreversible end.

But after their reunion, Chi Xu acts strangely around him. Chi Xu is a terrible actor in front of Huo Junyan. If he were deliberately trying to fool and toy with him, Huo Junyan would see through it in an instant.

What truly baffles him is that Chi Xu doesn’t seem to be acting at all.

After repeatedly confirming Chi Xu’s feelings, Huo Junyan decides to stop dwelling on the past. All he wants is to keep him by his side this time.

The confession he has prepared is on the tip of his tongue when Chi Xu interrupts him first.

“I’m sorry. I’ve had this symptom for a while, where I say things without meaning to...”

The smile forming on Huo Junyan’s lips freezes.

“What did you say?”

A proud, aloof superstar seme x a gentle, teasing writer uke

Reader’s guide:

One-on-one, both characters are sexually inexperienced, happy ending, younger gong. Characters are not based on real people. The setting blends reality and fiction, so please don’t take it too seriously❗

The uke’s condition is somewhat creatively embellished and will improve later. Sometimes he realizes right away that he said the wrong thing; other times, he only figures it out after noticing other people’s reactions or feedback.

Includes some forum-style sections and a bit of melodrama. The leads aren’t perfect and will grow. The emotional balance is three parts bittersweet to seven parts sweet.

Theme: Love is the answer that can explain everything